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    helps people realize that perspective can be easily influenced, and that art has the ability to mold and transform them. Art distorts our perception of what things truly are, causing us to reflect on and learn from it. Through her novel Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier expresses that art is fiction, which can be tailored to suit the audiences’ personal experiences, no matter the style or form. Since everyone has experienced different relationships and events throughout their lives,…

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    the Fielder that changes have to be made (Tora! Tora! Tora!, 1970). When Army General Short takes over the Hawaiian command on February 7, 1941. The Chief Of Staff warned him about the risk or sabotage, and a surprise attack by air and submarine to Pearl Harbor. Short took sabotage like the first and priority because the significant amount of Japanese in the land (Burtness & Ober, 2013, p. 743). General Martin informed Admiral Kimmel about intelligence reports. The report concluded for a…

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    Pearl Harbor Speech On December 7th, 1941 the attack on Pearl Harbor took place. This surprise attack shocked not just the United States, but also the rest of the world. There were thousands of injuries and casualties in Hawaii that day, and the U.S. navy was left stunned. America had believed that the base at Pearl Harbor was safe; therefor, they were not ready for an attack. Ships were sunk, or completely destroyed and many lives were changed forever. There was also the USSR’s war with Germany…

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    December 7th, 1941. That was the day Pearl harbor was attacked. The day 2,300 Americans died. The day everything changed. Japanese attack planes flew over the American islands of Hawaii dropping several bombs for several hours. America had joined World War II. “Breaking News has just come in,” Stated the news anchor speaking on national television. “Pearl Harbor is currently under attack, bombs are being dropped by one Japanese plane after another destroying hundreds of military aircrafts and…

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    Prior to the attack of Pearl Harbor the general view was that this was a European problem and in Asia, Japan was invading places they had never heard of, so no one really wanted to get involved in something that did not directly affect them. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the American population wanted nothing but the destruction of the Empire of Japan. It was wrongly taught that the US also declared war on Germany at the same time. This was not correct, the US originally only declared war…

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    “December 7, 1941 a day that will live in infamy.” This quote was from Franklin Roosevelt’s speech after The Pearl Harbor Attack. This was a dark day for America. Bombs dropped on all 31 of the navy’s ships in Pearl Harbor and not to mention the around 2,000 American men that were killed during the attack. To this day, this date brings back emotion and melancholy to the nation, but with this critical event, it shall never be forgotten. This is a day triumphs many others in the American history.…

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    A Day Before Pearl Harbor

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    A day before the Pearl Harbor attack FDR which was the president sent a letter for peace to the Empire of Japan. It was too late for that because since November 26th, of 1941, Japans navy left home port and headed to Hawaii. It was already planned out and there was no peace made. The event that dragged the United States into World War 2 is the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, of 1941. It’s brings sad memories and it was something that the U.S was expecting at that time. The attack was made…

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    Pearl Harbor Dbq Analysis

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    the Japanese Imperial Navy on the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii prompted the United States to join World War II and completely destroyed the already tenuous relationship between Japan and the United States. The attack on Pearl Harbor was caused by the failing relationship that came to fruition during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The only possible defense for the Japanese attack comes from a fervent Japanese imperialist. The Pearl Harbor attack on December 7th, 1941 was uncalled for…

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    giant and fill him with a terrible resolve” was a quote The line is a dramatic ending to the depiction of the Pearl Harbor .Was taken out of context and interpreted in America as a boast that Japan would conquer the entire continental United States. The omitted sentence showed Yamamoto's counsel of caution towards a war that would cost Japan dearly. Statement made after the attack on Pearl Harbor by Yamamoto. .America has mobilized a lot they made a mobilization to prepare a war he made troops…

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    Through tough experiences, we can gain control for a hopeful future from recovery and from a negative experience turning into a positive agreement. Through a negative experience it can create a positive agreement: When Japan attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor, in Honolulu Hawaii, they involved us in the war and therefore we came back and bombed them twice. When Japan took action to destroy one of our military bases and ships, we nuked them. And after…

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